Roses & Thistles: Fairfield transcends a lot of other American towns

3:18 AM,
Apr. 21, 2013

Written by

the Register?s editorial staff

A rose to Fairfield, which made a list of "The 20 Best Small Towns in America" in the Smithsonian magazine's April issue. Fairfield is in good company with Gettysburg, Pa., Baraboo, Wis., and Los Alamos, N.M. Smithsonian's selection criteria are based on a database of cities under 15,000 that have an "exceptional concentration of museums, art galleries, orchestras, theaters, historic sites and other cultural blessings." Those criteria were designed with Fairfield in mind, given its monthly downtown Art Walk, the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts and many other ...